00:00Hi Balancina, nice to meet you!
00:18This TV show is full of trips
00:21they made me think about Monty Python
00:25and Big Lebowski
00:27I want to know where did you get your inspiration
00:30and how fun was making it
00:32Oh man, those are two incredible references
00:35thank you for saying that, I'm flattered
00:37you're right, so Monty Python
00:39you might be referencing, there's that collage animation
00:42that, you know, Terry Gilliam did those animations
00:45for Monty Python a long time ago
00:46he's one of my favorite filmmakers
00:48and we did an animated world similar to that
00:51in Mr. Corman, where we would take photos
00:54from all over the place and collage them together
00:56into these fantasy sequences
00:58and those are those moments
01:00that, where the character is feeling something so big
01:04that a realistic scene
01:06doesn't quite capture the feeling for the audience
01:09and so we do these larger-than-life scenes
01:11of, you know, he's falling out of a window
01:13and floating through space
01:14or he's dancing on the rooftop
01:16with his mom, who he wants to say
01:19I love you too
01:20I'm happy that you compared it to Terry Gilliam
01:23and Big Lebowski
01:24those are very flattering comparisons
01:26Speaking about the musical scene
01:29finally you get back to musicals
01:32how cool was it?
01:33Yeah, I've always loved musicals
01:35and I've been trying my best
01:39to make a musical for such a long time
01:41and so it felt hugely gratifying
01:44to finally get to make this wonderful song and dance
01:47Nathan Johnson is a long time friend
01:49and I wrote this song together
01:51and Deborah Winger, who's a legend
01:53and a brilliant artist
01:54sang and danced with me
01:56and it's also sort of different
01:59than your typical musical number
02:01because it's between a mother and a son
02:03and about their love for each other
02:07and that was really sweet for me
02:10because my mom and I share that together
02:14we both love musicals
02:15and so it meant a lot to her as well
02:19Josh thinks he's the hero of his own story
02:22but for other people he's a villain
02:25so in your opinion, what makes a villain?
02:28Wow, that's such a great question
02:31You know, one of the things that's important to me
02:34is that no human being is really a villain or a hero
02:39no one's absolutely one thing or another
02:42and often times on TV
02:44you see these characters that are simpler
02:47because it's easier to entertain an audience
02:50with simpler building blocks
02:52but with Mr. Corman, I really wanted to try to make a character
02:56who is somewhere in between
02:58because that feels like a real human being to me
03:00and I think that there's a lot to admire about him
03:03in a lot of ways
03:05he's got a good heart
03:06he's a teacher
03:08I admire teachers greatly
03:09he does his job well
03:11he cares about his students
03:12but he's also sort of insecure
03:15and he gets stressed out sometimes
03:18and he lashes out at people sometimes
03:21and you know, he makes mistakes
03:23and that's human
03:25I think most humans make mistakes
03:28even good ones
03:29in your opinion
03:30how important is finishing things?
03:33wow, great question
03:34you're asking a really good question
03:35so you're referring to a line
03:37in the last episode of the season
03:40where the two characters are talking about finishing things
03:44for me, finishing something is one of the most satisfying experiences
03:49it's very difficult
03:51especially when you're working alone on anything
03:55whether it's an art project or anything else
03:57it's really difficult to finish if you're by yourself
03:59that's why I always emphasize collaboration
04:02I could never have finished Mr. Corman by myself
04:05so many people collaborated with me on this
04:07and I think any artist
04:10especially if you feel like you're struggling with finishing things
04:13reach out to somebody else and collaborate
04:16how important is doing the one thing that makes you happy?
04:21because it's really important in this TV show
04:24yeah, that's such a great question
04:26man, you're really asking good questions Valentina
04:29yeah, what else is there in life
04:31besides finding the thing that makes you happy and doing it
04:35and you know, Josh is somebody who loves music
04:39and he wanted to do it professionally
04:42that hasn't worked out
04:43show business is a weird and terrible monster
04:47and I can say that even as someone who's experienced some success
04:51it has so much to do with luck
04:53about whether or not you get to actually earn a living
04:56but that doesn't mean that you can't do your art
05:00and your creativity and love it
05:01and that's kind of the journey that Josh has to go on
05:06at the beginning of the season
05:08he hasn't played music for over a year
05:11because he's kind of, he's grown scared of it in a way
05:16but by the end of the season
05:18he's really leaned all the way into his music
05:20and he's found a lot of joy and meaning in it
05:23and that's something that I've had to go through myself
05:27okay, thank you so much, great work
05:30I really enjoyed the show, bye
05:31thank you Valentina, cheers
05:33just a day
05:35just a day
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05:36Grazie a tutti.
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